Although ESPN led all key adult and male demos in all of television for the twelfth consecutive Monday night, the Houston Texans at the Baltimore Ravens delivered new season lows for ‘Monday Night Football’ in households (5.1 rating) and total viewers (8.27 million). The previous low was for Colts-Titans on Nov. 13 (5.3 rating, 8.38 […]

NBC again won Sunday prime time with “Sunday Night Football”. However, the Kansas City Chiefs at the Houston Texans (16.53 million viewers) actually was down 1 percent in total viewers from the year-ago SNF game (16.62 million for New York Giants at Green Bay Packers from Oct. 9, 2016) that had aired opposite a presidential […]

CBS was the dominant network on Saturday night with the AFC Divisional Playoff matchup between the Houston Texans and the New England Patriots. CBS tripled the prime time viewership (28.98 million vs. 9.63 million) and almost quadrupled the prime time adults 18-49 delivery (9.0 rating vs. 2.4 rating) of ABC, NBC and Fox combined. Nonetheless, […]

NBC ruled Saturday night by far over the other there broadcast networks. With the NFC Wild Card matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks, NBC in prime time more than tripled the viewership (26.42 million vs. 8.34 million) and quintupled the adults 18-49 delivery (8.5 rating vs. 1.7 rating) of ABC, CBS and […]

THE ROAD TO SUPER BOWL LI WILL BE TELEVISED The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, January 1. The Playoff Picture is official.#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/xnmwYZ10Zu — NFL (@NFL) January 2, 2017 Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 7-8. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first game […]

NFL Network won its second consecutive Saturday night among total viewers (approx. 5.9 million), adults 18-49 (approx. 1.8 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.6 rating) and adults 25-54 (approx. 2.1 rating) with another Saturday edition of “Thursday Night Football.” On this night, the game featured was the Cincinnati Bengals at the Houston Texans. As noted at […]

ESPN led Monday night overall with the Houston Texans versus the Oakland Raiders in Mexico City on “Monday Night Football.” The game delivered the best “MNF” ratings since Giants-Vikings from Oct. 3. Nonetheless, it still fell way below year-ago levels: compared to Buffalo-New England from 11/23/15, Houston-Oakland was down 22 percent in households (6.93 rating […]

After recent lackluster Monday games had resulted in lackluster ratings, ESPN returns to the top of the Monday heap as the night’s No. 1 network with “Monday Night Football” featuring the Houston Texans and the Denver Broncos (6.73 U.S. household rating, 11.168 million viewers). CBS debuted “Man with a Plan” starring ‘Friends’ alum Matt LeBlanc […]